<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>What would you have done?</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>In the following order, is what = I would have done:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>1) Got a sudden case of the flu.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>2) Explained (in a whining tone) = that there simply was not enough time to address the repetition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>3) Called Phil Bondi to bail me = out ('cause the guy is slick!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>4) Wished (later that evening) = that I was quick enough to have thought of brushing the knuckles with a little = Teflon powder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>....... and maybe hit the center = rail key bushings and wip/hammer flanges with a squirt of Protek (if I = thought any of that might be a tad tight) - although Protek will really loosen a = flange fast and a lot - likely I would just end up screwing up the action by making the hammer shank flanges too loose and the pianist = would loose control of the action and then I would have to add a fifth course of action:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>5) Run away, run = away!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=phil@philbondi.com href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">Phil = Bondi</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Newtonville</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 21, = 2004 1:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What would you have = done?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>Here was the situation = today:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>-Well-known pianist coming into = town playing on a piano I am not familiar with..the regular tech just couldn't make = the gig, so he called me to do it.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>-The piano is a S&S D and = has been re-strung, new whips, hammers, shanks..good work was done to = it.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>- The note left behind for me = from the pianist when I arrived asked me to do something with the = repitition..it seemed 'sticky' and if I could do anything about a few dampers..</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>-Well, not wanting to step on = any toes, I learned, after I pulled the action, that this Pianist likes active = repitition, because what was presented to me was in good working order. This = Pianist has played on the 'D' that I care for, and he loved it..I have the spring = tension set a little active on that one..and the action is a tad lighter on mine.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>So .. I was able to quiet the = dampers, but what to do about the repitition request with little to no time to work = with?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>What I did was put some teflon = powder on the knuckles hoping that would make it feel lighter to him.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>What would you have done?</FONT> = </P> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>-Phil Bondi(FL)</FONT> </P><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>